English Language Proficiency Declaration explained

Once you have added any nursing or midwifery courses onto your preference list, you must submit the English Language Proficiency Declaration to be considered for any nursing or midwifery courses. To locate the form, log into your VTAC account.  English language proficiency for Nursing and Midwifery and allied health will be listed under Course requirements on your dashboard. Open the addtional tasks page and then open the declaration form.

Step 1: Identify the requirement on your checklist and select 'Complete additional tasks'

Dashboard showing course requirement and additional tasks button

 

Step 2: Select 'Open declaration form' on your Additional tasks page

Declaration form heading and button on additional tasks page

 

This form addresses whether an applicant meets the English Language Proficiency standards required. 

When completing this form, read through all three options, select the tick box for the one you are eligible for, then submit your form and make sure you provide any additional documents that may be required via the ‘Submit Course Application Documents’ section of your application.

Option 1: AHPRA Registration Pathway (only applicable for Nursing/Midwifery courses)

You currently hold one of the following registrations with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA): 

  • Enrolled Nursing (Division 2) 
  • Registered Nursing (RN) 
  • Midwifery 

Select this option and provide AHPRA registration number when prompted.   

Option 2: You meet all conditions of the Primary Language Pathway 

To be eligible for this option:

  • English must be your primary language AND
  • You must have completed at least six years of primary and secondary education (for Nursing/Midwivery) or two years of secondary education (for Osteopathy), which meets ALL of the below conditions:
    • the education was taught and assessed solely in English 
    • the education was taught in one of the countries recognised by AHPRA (This includes Australia and New Zealand. For further definitions, scroll to the bottom of the AHPRA page and select definitions)
    • minimum two years must be secondary education between grades 7 to 13

Select this option and ensure that your previous secondary studies are claimed correctly in your course application.  

Option 3: English Test Pathway 

To be eligible for this option, you have either sat or will sit one of the approved AHPRA English Language tests and achieve the minimum scores required prior to VTAC’s documentation deadline dates.  

Approved tests are: 

  • IELTS (Academic)
  • TOEFL Internet-based Test ** (TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition is not accepted)
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic)
  • Occupational English Test (OET) (only applicable for Nursing/Midwifery courses)
  • Cambridge English (C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency)

Select this option and provide test results by creating a record under 'English-language and admissions tests' on your Educational History page after submitting this declaration. You must complete this additional step, even if the green tick appears in your checklist.

Once you have selected one of the three options above, you can submit the form.